Preparation
of the
War
1914-18
("milestones")

1879: Alliance
of Germany
with Austria

1891: Alliance
of Russia with France

(Principal) Crises in the international politics of the great powers after 1870-1871:

1877-1878: (Liberation of national states in the Balkans.) They plunder ("partition") Turkey (Russia + England + Austria).

1885: Russia on the brink of war with England. They plunder ("partition") Central Asia (Russia and England).

1895: (Sino-Japanese War.) They plunder ("partition") China. (Japan + Russia + England + Germany + France.)

1898: England on the brink of war with France (Fashoda). They plunder ("partition") Africa.

1904/5: (Russo-Japanese War.) They plunder ("partition") China and Korea (Russia and Japan).

1907: Alliance
of Russia with England

1905: Germany on the brink of war with France and England. They plunder ("partition") Morocco.

1911: Germany on the brink of war with France and England. They plunder ("partition") Morocco. They exchange Morocco for Congo.

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